Outsourcing and low-skilled workers in the UK

Bulletin of Economic Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 267-286

  Anderton, Bob ^a   Brenton, Paul ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; OUTSOURCING; SKILLED LABOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032733561     PISSN: 03073378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8586.00085     Document Type: Article

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